98 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



In SO dismal a country such creatures of the sun as butterflies 

 could scarcel}' be expected to exist, but seventeen species have 

 been transmitted, belonging to ten genera. Of the genera all but 

 one are British ; of the species three are British, eight are closel}'' 

 allied to British species, four have European allies, one alone 

 presents an American type of an European genus, and one is of a 

 purely American genus. 



The British species are as follows, viz. : — 



Vanessa Antiopa, Linn.— Differs only in the buff border being 

 more irrorated with black dots than any British or European 

 specimens I have seen. Appears in Jul}^ August, and Sep- 

 tember. 



Pyrameis cardui, Linn. — This cosmopolitan insect presents 

 not the slightest difference from the normal form. Appears from 

 July to September. 



Pyrameis Atalanta, Linn. — The only difference I can detect is 

 that the white spots in the upper wings are slightly smaller than 

 in British specimens. Captured in July and August. 



The eight species more or less closely allied to British species 

 are as follows, viz. : — 



Pieris oleracea, Harr. — Closely resembles P. napi, but paler 

 in colour, and the upper side of the wings spotless, as is the case 

 in the male spring variety of the latter. Appears end of May, 

 June, and July. 



Argynnis Atlantis, Edwards. — A much darker insect than 

 A. Adippe, one of its nearest British allies, with a broader dark 

 band around the edges of the wings, and the under side of the 

 lower wings with a chocolate ground colour. 



Argynnis Myrina, Cram. — Ver}^ close to A. Selene, but, as in 

 the last species, the under side of the wings is of a darker 

 chocolate colour, and the silver spots are more distinct. 



Vanessa Milberti, Godt. — Very closely allied to V. urticce ; it 

 differs in being darker, without the row of blue spots near the 

 edges of the wings, the two small spots on the upper wings of 

 V. urticce, are also absent ; the central black spot on the costa 

 joins that on the lower edge of the wing, thus forming a fascia, 

 as is occasionally found in the latter species. The species flies 

 early. The specimen sent was taken on May 14th, 1879. 



Grapta Faunus, Edwards, and Grapta gracilis, Grote & 

 Robinson. — Can only with difficulty be distinguished from each 



